Fireplace.



M. T. WEAVER.

rmnrmcnh APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1910.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

IiyvEA fOR .M/QTHA T." VYE'A VE/R AITKL UNITED STAT-Es;

PATENT OFFICE.

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' name-ace.

Specification-of Letars'ratent.

lppllcationfiled August 4,

1910. swarms 515,484. v

and useful Improvements in Fireplaces, of

which the following is a't'specification.

My inventionrelates to an improvement in fireplaces, and the invention consists in a fire place having an art atterned and furnished interior and adapte to be lighted: or illuminated'and heated by electricity, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 11 is a front perspectlve view of my new and original fire place in one of the many os-,-

sible art patterns or developments of w ich' it is capable with andirons'and fire l in; the front of the view. Fi .2 is a re uced cross section of the fire place audits furnishin intended 'to show the construction and re ation of parts, and Fig; 3 is a verti cal sectional elevation v of the up r 'ortion' of one of the and-irons with an e ectric bulb and a shade mounted on the top. thereof.

The invention as thus seen is essentially an embodiment of the artistic with the useful, and is intended to reprodilce the enjoyso able effects which have ever attended the 40 the idea of entire harmony with its surroundingls being kept in view.

with or by means of art tiles, porcelain orold fashioned fire lace supplemented by the added charm whic art alone can contribute to such pleasurable experiences. a

To these ends the invention comprises a suitable fire-place or recess built into the wall in any referred part of a room and which has a epth and height corresponding to fireplacesgenerally an according to location, size of 1 room and other conditions,

This eplace need not have. a. flue or other outlet although one may be provided, and its floor= and side walls are built up other artistic material in an preferred style or shade, having in view t e other decorations 'and' appointments of the room lorapartment as above indicated. Now, with 5b a fire or chimney place or open hearth as 5 5 comprises an. art developed thus described, the invention takes an origi- 'nal' step be end all this and all that has heretofore n known or practiced in this art so far as I know 1 01 believe,in that it or decorated or in what is background represented shownin'the back B of-the fire place. This back or rear portion also may be-built in with art t-ile's or tilin' or the like in which .the picture has a ortion of its complete des yelop'm'ent worked out upon each particular tile, and wherein each tile has its appointed position and relation redetermined by this reason and isfinishe with such fragmentary surface. ornamentation or embellish- Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

ment asits place in the entire picture may require. p

The method of building and using fireplaces as heretofore generally practiced has precluded an art patterned, pictured or illuminated back wall for the obvious reason that such 'a wall would soon become defiled and ruined by vsmoke and soot arising from coal, wood, gas or other fuel fires, The inventive conception, therefore, could have had no place in or'suggestion from previous existing conditions as fire placeshave been known and used, but with the passing away of "the use-"of burning fuels in open ,hearths and the substitution ofelectricit-y as a heating and lighting or illuminating medium 1t is found that the heretofore barren and often blackenedba'ck wall of a fireplace can be made the subject of the most charming scenic efi'ects and especially when accomanied by the usual artistic fixtures of and- 1rons A, the legs L" and the lights glowing therein and shedding their brightness and cheer over the entire scene.

I have stated that the baclr B in which a coast-wise picture is displayedin natural colors, is preferably built-in with individual tiles,- but I do not limit myself to this mannor? of forming said-back or-background and it might beproduced by frescoing or painting the picture directly upon a back surface, and any preferred picture or scene may be chosen and developed in any preferred way,

the present one being merely sug estive' or illustrative of what the said bac surface ma contain.

he andirons my use and the post or standard 2 thereof has a shield or hood?) of artistic design'rotatably mounted onits top and provided.

A are of special design for ion with an open inner side. 'The saidstandards are shownas tubular and-an electric lamp -or bulb 4' is supported in the top thereof under cover of said shields 3, so that .said lamps wiillsufl'use their light over the (16C? orated field rearward but be entirely con- .cea'led as to the front from which observa tion is made. Said shield can however be rotated to shed the light into the room when desired for reading or other purposes.

I The log L resembles the usual gas log but is an electric log instead. Said log is preferably of metal as it is designed to be conductive of heat and is hollow or has cavities adapted to receive electric heating or resistance coils 5 or any other suit-able electric heating device. Lamps or bulbs 6 also are arranged on the rear of 'said log, say one or more, and a hood or guard 7 on the log extends over said lamps and has the appearance at the front of the fireplace of an additional log relatively above the log L. In thisinstance. the two are cast in one piece. Different or mixed shades or colors of light may be employed according to the effect desired, and of course the candle power can be I varied also for different illuminating effects. Different switches should control the said lights and the heating coils. Altogether.

there is much greater comfort and enjoy-" mentbelieved to be possible by this modern old time fire-place than by the real ones of old as there is no chimney to draw the heat away, no excessive heating on one side and chilling on the other in cold weather nor brilliantlight or. heat in the eyes and none of the extremes experienced with'log fires while there is draft enough under the 10 to throw all the heat into the room and t us produce a healthful circulation of the air,- 3

L-, and the bulb shaped hood 3 of the andiron is preferably provided with a rotatable screen or slide 12 on its interior which may be drawn down, more or less, to cut off the light through the opening 8 in the hood. 7

With my invention the direct rays of light from the lamps are shaded from the eye and only 'a reflected light is thrown forhas been impossible or never before done in so far as I am aware.

What I claim is z 1; Asa new article of manufacture and sale, an imitation log for fire places having a rearward substantially hood-shaped top extension of substantially segmental pattern in cross section provided with aroughened log-like front surface and adapted to' receive a light relatively behind and beneath the same.

4 2. A fire place comprising an opaque hol- "low log having a substantially hood shaped upward and rearward extension lengthwise v along its top, in combination with illuminat mg means located behindthe body of said log and-relatively beneath said hood-shaped extension.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the'presence of two witnesses,

MARTHA T. WEAVER; Witnesses:

' R. B.-Mos1m,

F; C. MUBSUN.

.or color scheme employed. Heretofore, this 7 

